Beneath the Wheel: A Novel
by:
Hermann Hesse (author)
A prodigy achieves academic distinction at great physical and spiritual cost.
A prodigy achieves academic distinction at great physical and spiritual cost.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781466835047 (1466835044)
Publish date: January 22nd 2013
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
20th Century,
Philosophy,
Coming Of Age,
German Literature,
Nobel Prize,
Germany
The theme of the story is definitely interesting and reminds me of the time I spent in high school at a boarding school. I really liked the beginning of the story and could relate to it rather well. However, the middle and ending are rather chunky with lots of ands.
The theme of the story is definitely interesting and reminds me of the time I spent in high school at a boarding school. I really liked the beginning of the story and could relate to it rather well. However, the middle and ending are rather chunky with lots of ands.
Certainly not one of Hesse's best by a long shot, and the Peter Owen edition has a complete summary of the entire plot, spoilers and all, in the blurb on the back. Sad to say, and I'm not sure if it was just the translation, but it was just as emotionally devastating as the entire story.Definitely ...
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